{"product_id":"lau-grace-be-waterpb","title":"[07\/30\/26] Lau, Grace: Be Water","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnvil Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: July 30, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBe Water\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a meditation on change — on what happens when life pulls you from the city’s constant current into quieter, slower waters. In these poems, water becomes both vessel and mirror, reflecting how we adapt, how we hold grief and joy at once, and how we learn, finally, to flow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrace is a Hong Kong-born settler, recovering marketer, and poet based in Ontario on the traditional and Treaty territory of the Anishinabek people. Her debut collection,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Language We Were Never Taught to Speak\u003c\/em\u003e, was a Lambda Award finalist. Find her online at @thrillandgrace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44111294365719,"sku":"9781772142570","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/1766014095-900.jpg?v=1766102444","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/lau-grace-be-waterpb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}